Barrel.



PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

L. V. RATHBUN.

APPLICATION FILED H. 1 1 0 J a a Inventor:

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to occupy and fill the grooves, as shown.

LEIVIS V. RATHBUN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. I

BARREL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I-atented July 3, 1906.

Application filed August 31,1904. Serial No. 222.864.

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Be it known that I, LEWIS V. RATHBUN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barrels, which improve ment is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to packing or storing vessels and receptacles generally made of wooden staves and heads bound together by hoops, but more particularly to the class of receptacles commonly known as knockdown barrels.

The invention has for its object, among others, to produce a barrel which may be quickly erected and perfected at any time and place the barrels may be needed for use.

Another object is to provide for rigidity and stiffness of the barrel and for more perfectly holding the several parts together.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In thedrawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a barrel with parts of two hoops broken away. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing I the staves with oppositely-disposed inclined adjacent edges, showing also the grooves and a portion of a band in one of them. Fig. 3 shows an elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the outer surface of a stave. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of a portion of a stave and a cross-section of a hoop. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a modified form of hoop.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, is the barrel, in form, curved staves B of uniform length and width, held together by broad wooden hoops E. The staves are crossed on their outer convex surfaces with transverse linear depressions which collectively form a series of continuous grooves (1 around the barrel, the hoops E being formed with longitudinal tongues or ribs In some cases it is found desirable to form the transverse grooves in the staves wholly or in part in close pairs, as shown at a a, and form the hoops E with corresponding pairs of tongues (Z (Z to occupy said grooves. Where the pairs of grooves a a are employed, I in some cases form the hoop E with but a sincylindrical made up of equal transverselygle tongue g, as seen in Fig. 5, at one side of the middle to occupy one of the said grooves and place a suitable metallic band e in the other associated groove, the wide part of the hoop E at the side of the tongue serving to cover the associated groove and the said band. Sometimes I may employa hoop with but a single tongue, as seen at the top of Fig. 1, to occupy a single groove in the staves.

In forming the staves B in quantities all are formed alike and so as to be interchangeable, the grooves being all alike as to size and as to matter of spacing, they being similarly distributed with reference to the length of the stave, so that the staves for forming a complete barrel may be taken at random from a pile of staves, one or more longitudinally-divided staves being taken with the rest. The hoops being formed with tongues occupying the grooves prevent relative longitudinal movements or shifting of any of the staves of the barrel after the latter is put up for use or filled. The band 0 being of metal and liable to rust, the covering of said band by the broad wooden hoop E not only protects said metallic band from injury, but covers it from sight, making a more comelylooking barrel.

It is to be understood that in setting up the barrel the staves are placed in position, and then a divided stave, such as shown in Fig. 2, is employed to complete the circle, the one portion being in place upon one side of the opening and then the other half, that seen at the right in Figs. 1 and 2, is driven down, acting as a wedge, and thus all the staves are tightened.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A barrel having a series of staves of uniform width, a pair of continuous grooves around the barrel, an encircling portion in one of said grooves, and a hoop having a tongue occupying the other groove of said pair, and other grooves around the barrel with hoops engaging therein.

2. A barrel formed of a series of staves each having a pair of transverse grooves in its outer face, the grooves collectively forming a pair of continuous grooves around the barrel, a broad hoop for the barrel having a tongue to occupy one groove of the pair and a narrow member in the other groove of the pair, said broad hoop covering both grooves and the narrow member.

3. A barrel having a pair of external transverse grooves continuous around it, and a IIO hoop having aninw'ardly-projeotinglongitudi- In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my nal tongue to occupy one groove of the pair, hand, this 16th day of August, 1904:, in the the parts of the hoop at the tWo sides of the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses. tongue being unequal in Width with the Wider LEWIS V. RATHBUN. part covering the other groove of the pair, 1 Witnesses;

and a narrow member in said covered groove ENos B. VVHITMORE,

and concealed by said Wide partof the hoop. MINNIE SMITH. 

